USEF Participant Waiver & Release Form with State ... A Front Row Seat Behind the Scenes: NAJYRC Mentors... The 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games was the first time equestrian sport was introduced into the modern Olympic Games. The bronze medal at Stockholm marked the first medal earned in U.S. eventing history. The format of the 1912 three-day event included five phases that were held over four days: day one was roads and tracks and cross-country, day two was steeplechase, day three was show jumping, and day four ended with a 10-minute dressage test. Lt. Earl Thomson and Jenny Camp at the 1936 Olympic Games. USEA Archives Photo. Lt. Earl Thomson and Jenny Camp won two consecutive individual Olympic silver medals. Jenny Camp is one of only four horses who have won individual medals at consecutive Olympic Games, and the only U.S. horse to do so. The other three horses are: Marcoix ridden by Lt. Charles F. Pahud de Mortanges for the Netherlands, Charisma ridden by Mark Todd for New Zealand, and La Biosthetique Sam FBW ridden by Michael Jung for Germany. From the program of the 1959 Pan American Games. USEA Archives Photo. The United States Eventing Association (USEA), formerly known as the United States Combined Training Association (USCTA), was formed during the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting among founding members including Alexander Mackay-Smith and Captain John ‘Jack’ Fritz took place alongside the Pan American Games at Patrick Butler’s home in Oak Brook, Illinois. Lana DuPont and Mr. Wister at the 1964 Olympic Games. USEA Archives Photo. The 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games marked a milestone for three-day eventing, as it was the first Olympic three-day event in which women were allowed to compete. Dressage was the first equestrian sport to open to women at Helsinki in 1952, and show jumping allowed women at Stockholm in 1956. U.S. rider Lana DuPont on Mr. Wister was the first woman to ride in an Olympic eventing competition. Team USA from the 1968 Olympic Games. USEA Archives Photo. The 1972 Olympic Team with Jack LeGoff. USEA Archives Photo. The 1974 Burghley World Championships was the first year a U.S. event rider won the World Championships – Bruce Davidson riding Irish Cap. Another standout athlete from this World Championships was Don Sachey’s horse, Plain Sailing, a veteran team horse who won five medals with three different riders. He won team gold and individual gold at the 1967 Pan American Games and team silver in the 1968 Olympic Games with J. Michael Plumb, team silver at the 1972 Olympic Games with Bruce Davidson, and team gold at the 1974 World Championships at Burghley with Don Sachey. The 1976 Montreal Olympic Games was the first Olympic Games where a U.S. event rider won the individual gold medal. There have only been two in U.S. eventing history – Tad Coffin on Bally Cor (1976) and David O’Connor on Custom Made (2000). Bruce Davidson set a new record at the 1978 World Championships as he's the only rider to ever win back-to-back World Championship titles. Riding the 15.1 hand Pinto mare, Poltroon, Torrance Watkins became the first woman to win an individual Olympic medal in eventing. The U.S. Team from the 1996 Olympic Games. USEA Archives Photo. Team USA took home team gold, individual silver, and individual bronze from the 1999 Pan American Games. USEA Archives Photo. At the 2000 Olympic Games, David O’Connor became the second and last U.S. event rider to win an individual gold medal. The eventing portion of the 2003 Pan American Games, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was in fact held at the Fair Hill CCI3* due to logistical issues with the venue, Palmarejo Equestrian Center. The 2015 Pan American Games gold medal-winning team. RedBayStock.com Photo. Team USA took team gold, individual gold, and individual silver at the 2019 Pan American Games. Erin Gilmore Photo. Team Gold - Boyd Martin on Tsetserleg, Lynn Symansky on RF Cool Play, Tamie Smith on Mai Baum, Doug Payne on Starr WitnessIndividual Gold – Boyd Martin on TsetserlegIndividual Silver – Lynn Symansky on RF Cool PlayThe full medal history of the United States Equestrian Team can be found here. We are still riding on a bit of a high after the success of the 2024 USEA Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Eventing Championships, so we loved taking the opportunity to chat about this year's event with Stable View's Barry Oliff, member of the winning Intercollegiate team Hayden Wathen, and member of the winning Interscholastic team Collins Zgutowicz. Let the countdown to the 2025 championships begin... For eventer Jen Moody, the trek from Montana to compete at this year’s Defender Kentucky Cosequin Lexington CCI4*S was a long, chilly journey, but she had big goals for her kind-hearted Thoroughbred, Eye Of The Storm. With her 4-year-old daughter, Valkyrie, and longtime friend and supporter, Sarah Broussard, by her side, the journey to the Bluegrass State—and beyond—exceeded her expectations. Young professional Tommy Greengard and That’s Me Z added this year’s Galway Downs Preliminary Challenge title to their two years of ongoing successes in the sport. Launched in 2009, the Challenge is a West Coast fixture on the spring eventing circuit, giving horses and riders a step-up opportunity with slightly more difficult dressage and show jumping demands. © 2024 United States Eventing Association, Inc. All rights reserved.